I had a big dairy allergy (to casein in dairy) would tear my tummy up. I still lost big weight without cheese or heavy cream. Then after a year on Atkins I found I no longer had those allergies anymore. It is awesome!

Weird!!!!! I used to do a Paleo diet. I cut out all dairy for two years. Now when I try to eat it I get severe stomach bloating and I throw up. I've tried re-introducing dairy for over a month with the exact same symptoms every time!!!

I lose weight very quickly and effortlessly on Atkins induction. Now i'm at the point where I'm trying to make this a lifestyle and less of a "diet."

How can you make Atkins a lifestyle without dairy?? Almost all of the recipes have some kind of HWC, or cheese in them.

I'm hoping induction can heal any gut issues with not adding in any sugars or flours of any kind.

How can you make Atkins a lifestyle without dairy?? Almost all of the recipes have some kind of HWC, or cheese in them.

You can just not make those recipes. You don't have to make popular cheesy, sour creamy, HWC recipes to make low-carb your lifestyle. Dairy isn't what makes it a lifestyle. You can eat all sorts of omelets, all types of meat, fish, and poultry, you can eat avocados, big salads, all the veggies from the Induction list, and a little later you can add some nuts and berries, and later you can try legumes and other carb-ladder OWL foods. And also you will get the bonus of not spending money on cheese and sour cream and HWC and butter, and you will save a few carbs too because dairy has carbs and they can really add up when people are using HWC and cheese a lot.

And, alternately, they do make almond cheese. My oldest daughter has a friend who made cheese with cashews. I agree, though, for me it would be tough. But it sounds like you have no choice. Gluten intolerance and lactose intolerance seemed to be linked in some people. So given enough time you might be all right.

And there is always goats milk. Have you tried that? I've never looked at the cheese but that might work for you too. Then there is coconut milk too. I would think, full fat coconut milk would sub for hwc. I tried it in my coffee and it was good. For some diary free recipes you could check out Maria Emmerich too. Good luck!

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